Restaurants News – Page 491
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NewsWagamama reaches 100-restaurant UK milestone
Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital-backed chain, has passed the 100-site milestone in the UK after recently opening new sites in Maidstone and Derby
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Cote to make North West debut
Cote, the CBPE-backed chain, has secured its first site in the North West, in Manchester, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsTRG: C2C, Frankie & Benny’s, Joe’s, London prices
M&C Report talks to The Restaurant Group’s chief executive Andrew Page about the doubling the group’s estate; the expansion and performance of Coast to Coast; a potential push behind Joe’s Kitchen & Coffeehouse, and the general economy, plus a round-up of the analyst’s reaction to its Q3 update
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Tragus replaces Ortega with Hawtons
Tragus, the Blackstone-backed, John Derkach-led group, is to convert one of its two remaining Ortega sites to a new British-focused concept called Hawtons
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Iberica eyes further expansion
Iberica Food & Culture, the restaurant and deli led by two-Michelin starred chef Nacho Manzano, is eyeing further expansion inside and outside London
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NewsCustomer review tablet system launched
A customer review tablet system which aims to generate live customer feedback in the leisure and hospitality sector by gaining real time reviews from diners has been launch in Bristo
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Ex-Itsu MD to launch fast-casual concept
David Haimes, the former managing director of Itsu and group chief executive of Obika Holdings, is backing a new fast-casual concept called Smithfield London, which is due to open next month
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Hyde & Co team to launch steakhouse site
The operators behind the Hyde & Co bar in Bristol, are to launch a new steak restaurant and bar in the city called the Ox
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Turtle Bay secures Bath site
Turtle Bay, the six-strong Caribbean restaurant chain led by Aj Jaya-Wickrema, has secured its seventh site, in Bath, for an opening next year
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Suburban Inns company launched
A pair of West Midland-based entrepreneurs are to launch a new pub group under the banner Suburban Inns, with the opening of their first site the Village, in Moseley
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NewsNando’s to make airport debut
Nando’s, the peri peri chicken chain, is to open its first airport site after agreeing to open at Gatwick’s South Terminal in summer 2014. The c280-strong company will open a 5,900sq ft, 200-cover restaurant at the airport
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Orange Leaf eyes UK debut
Orange Leaf, the fast-growing, US-based frozen yoghurt operator that runs more than 300 sites in America, is looking to launch in the UK, a company spokesman has told M&C Report
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Honky Tonk concept eyes rollout
Supperclub London founder Mark Cutler is eyeing a rollout across London for his American-inspired restaurant and bar concept, Honky Tonky, after the success of the brand’s first two openings
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GBK swings into profit
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) reported a pre-tax profit of £160k for the year to 24 February 2013, against a £685k loss the previous 12 months and said that this positive momentum had continued into its current financial year
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Koba founder to launch On The Bab
The founder of Fitzrovia restaurants Koba and Nizuni is set to open On The Bab – a new Korean concept based in East London
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Rex Restaurants to open Marylebone restaurant
Rex Restaurants, the Graphite Capital-backed group led by entrepreneurs Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, is to open its latest venture next spring in Marylebone
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MASH team to open new concept
Modern American Steak House (MASH), the Danish restaurant company, is to open a new American-themed steakhouse Japanese kitchen fusion concept called Steax and the City later this month
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TGI’s receives ‘perfect’ hygiene rating
TGI Friday’s, the Karen Forrester-led chain, has become the first restaurant chain in the UK to receive a ‘perfect’ rating of five in the National Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme across all of its 60 UK-based restaurants
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NewsCosta to launch in Morocco
Costa Coffee has announced plans to open its first store in Morocco, in partnership with Fawaz A. Alhokair & Co
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NewsHarry Ramsden's signs Welcome Break deal
A new partnership to open branches of Harry Ramsden’s, the iconic fish & chip shop chain, on Welcome Break services has been confirmed, with Sheffield and Oxford the first locations